Kristian Klinck

{{Short description|German politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| office = Member of the Bundestag
from Plön – Neumünster

| predecessor = Melanie Bernstein

| termstart = 26 October 2021

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1979|04|19}}

| birth_place = Kiel, Germany

| party = SPD

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| occupation = teacher

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| website =

| honorific_suffix = MdB

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| successor = Sandra Carstensen

| term_end = 2025

}}

Kristian Klinck (born 19 April 1979) is a German teacher and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who was the member of the Bundestag for Plön – Neumünster since the 2021 German federal election.

Political career

Klinck became a member of the Bundestag in 2021.[https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/K/klinck_kristian-861384 Kristian Klinck] Bundestag. He unseated Melanie Bernstein from the Christian Democratic Union in Plön – Neumünster.{{Cite web|title=Wahlkreis 6, Plön - Neumünster: Alle Wahlergebnisse zur Bundestagswahl 2021|url=https://www.kn-online.de/Region/Ploen/Wahlergebnisse-Ploen-Neumuenster-zur-Bundestagswahl-2021-Klinck-ist-Direktkandidat|access-date=2021-09-27|website=KN - Kieler Nachrichten|date=27 September 2021 |language=de}}

In parliament, Klinck served on the Defence Committee. In addition to his committee assignments, he was part of the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe since 2022.[https://www.bundestag.de/oszepv German Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe] Bundestag.

Within his parliamentary group, Klinck belonged to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement.[https://www.parlamentarische-linke.de/unsere-mitglieder/ Members] Parliamentary Left.

Other activities

Election results

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{{MMP election box incumbent lose||party=Christian Democratic Union of Germany|candidate=Melanie Bernstein|votes=36,869|percentage=27.9|change={{decrease}} 12.8|party votes=30,290|party percent=22.9|party change={{decrease}} 10.7}}

{{MMP election box candidate win||party=Social Democratic Party of Germany|candidate=Kristian Klinck|votes=41,498|percentage=31.4|change={{increase}} 2.5|party votes=38,672|party percent=29.2|party change={{increase}} 5.4}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose||party=Alliance 90/The Greens|candidate=Martin Drees|votes=20,739|percentage=15.7|change={{increase}} 6.7|party votes=23,052|party percent=17.4|party change={{increase}} 4.9}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose||party=Alternative for Germany|candidate=Alexis Giersch|votes=9,404|percentage=7.1|change={{decrease}} 0.7|party votes=9,741|party percent=7.4|party change={{decrease}} 1.2}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose||party=Free Democratic Party (Germany)|candidate=Gunnar Schulz|votes=12,420|percentage=9.4|change={{increase}} 2.2|party votes=15,902|party percent=12.0|party change={{decrease}} 0.6}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose||party=The Left (Germany)|candidate=Gabi Gschwind-Wiese|votes=3,718|percentage=2.8|change={{decrease}} 2.6|party votes=4,233|party percent=3.2|party change={{decrease}} 3.3}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose||party=Die PARTEI|candidate=Jana Käding|votes=2.196|percentage=1.7|change=|party votes=1,300|party percent=1.0|party change={{unchanged}} 0.0}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose||party=Free Voters|candidate=Manfred Koch|votes=2,386|percentage=1.8|change={{increase}} 0.8|party votes=1,275|party percent=1.0|party change={{increase}} 0.4}}

{{MMP election box party only||party=National Democratic Party of Germany|party votes=242|party percent=0.2|party change={{decrease}} 0.2}}

{{MMP election box party only||party=Ecological Democratic Party|party votes=94|party percent=0.1|party change={{decrease}} 0.1}}

{{MMP election box party only||party=Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany|party votes=23|party percent=0.0|party change={{unchanged}} 0.0}}

{{MMP election box historic party candidate||party=dieBasis|color=|candidate=Prof. Karina Reiß|votes=2,508|percentage=1.9|change=|party votes=2,007|party percent=1.5|party change=}}

{{MMP election box party only||party=German Communist Party|party votes=34|party percent=0.0|party change=}}

{{MMP election box historic party only||party=du.|color=#E66346|party votes=70|party percent=0.1|party change=}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose||party=Liberal Conservative Reformers|candidate=Jürgen Joost|votes=223|percentage=0.2|change=|party votes=93|party percent=0.1|party change=}}

{{MMP election box historic party only||party=PDV|color=#110077|party votes=111|party percent=0.1|party change=}}

{{MMP election box party only||party=Human Environment Animal Protection Party|party votes=1,446|party percent=1.1|party change=}}

{{MMP election box party only||party=South Schleswig Voter Federation|party votes=3,201|party percent=2.4|party change=}}

{{MMP election box historic party only||party=Team Todenhöfer|color=|party votes=415|party percent=0.3|party change=}}

{{MMP election box party only||party=Volt Europa|party votes=230|party percent=0.2|party change=}}

{{MMP election box historic party only||party=V-Partei³|color=#99CC33|party votes=98|party percent=0.1|party change=}}

{{MMP election box informal vote||votes=1,766|party votes=1,198}}

{{MMP election box total vote||votes=131,961|party votes=132,529}}

{{MMP election box turnout||turnout=133,727|percentage=76.5|change={{increase}} 1.2}}

{{MMP election box majority gain||winner=Social Democratic Party of Germany|loser=Christian Democratic Union of Germany|votes=4,629|percent=3.5|change=}}

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